In this Nov. 21, 2014, file photo, comedian Bill Cosby performs during a show at the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

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Two more women have accused Bill Cosby of defamation, joining the lawsuit filed by Tamara Green. All three women have accused Cosby of sexual assault and are now saying he's lied, thus hurting their reputations by denying those allegations. Linda Traitz and Therese Serignese are the women joining the suit, Traitz tells CNN, which puts the number of Cosby's accusers at "at least 23."

The news comes two days after Keshia Knight Pulliam, aka The Cosby Show's Rudy Huxtable, was fired from Celebrity Apprentice on Sunday's episode because, as Donald Trump told her, she caused her team to fail at a charity task when she refused to ask Cosby for a donation. She said it was simply because she hadn't talked to Cosby in a long time, Us reports, and Trump later tweeted that the episode was recorded before the sexual assault allegations made recent headlines. And on Today yesterday, Pulliam reiterated that her refusal to call Cosby had nothing to do with the allegations. "I can't speak to" those, she said. "All I can speak to is the man that I know and I love."

So, if someone accuses me of something 40 years ago, and I deny it, I can be sued for defamation? Hmmm.. interesting. So can he sue them for defamation because they are calling him a liar? And it can just go back and forth. This Gloria AllreadyForACheapBuck is a piece of work. Is Cosby guilty of some kind of terrible behavior with young women on his own personal casting couch? Quite possibly. Was it ALL these women? Seems very implausible that they ALL did not pursue any criminal charges. It just feels like anyone who had sexual contact with him back then, even consensual, is jumping on the bandwagon of the women who may have been truly abused.

jansav

Jan 7, 2015 11:51 AM CST

Geezus! when did he have time to do anything else?

Arthur Machado

Jan 6, 2015 10:12 PM CST

yeah - thats funny - now a denial is defamation - so these women are both stupid and liars - are their names Dunham and Jackie? Believe the woman, ha.